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Beyond Time: orka, orka, orka, nečas, nečas, nečas

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Orka sounds like the Icelandic word for to cry (plakat) and energy. Háhyrningur is the Icelandic word for orca, meaning high horn in reference to the tall male dorsal fin. Nečas is the Czech word for bad weather, but as well for something timeless. unaffected or unchanged by time; ageless. There is no translation beside of NO-TIME.

The material for this rather improvized radio sketch is composed from the recordings from several places in North Bohemia and Iceland: the Ko-hi-nor brown coal mine, Cloister in Osek, the Bílina open pit mine, Tušimice II. open pit mine, sounds of wind in fences from Seydisfjodur (provided kindly by Krzysztof Topolski) and from the sound archive of the Departement of Phonetics at UCLA.

Examples of pronounciation of vowels, consonants sérhljóðar og samhljóðarin , vokaler og konsonanter in Czech, Icelandic and Norwegian language is meant as the challenge to improve the understanding each other for participants of expeditions to Finnmark, Most Basin and Iceland.

But for You, dear Reader as well!

About the splitting of Norwegian and Icelandic language

Most of the settlers in the 9th century came from Norway, some of whom took female slaves from Ireland on the way. During the first centuries, the same language was spoken in Norway and Iceland. The vocabulary was mostly Norse, with the exception of a several Celtic loan words. Up to the 13th century, the difference between the languages grew and accelerated in the 14th century. Changes appeared in the Icelandic sound system that were not seen in Norwegian and the Norwegian inflections became considerably simpler. There were changes throughout the centuries in both the Icelandic vowel and consonant systems. The vowel system changed in such a way that sounds merged (e.g. i and y, í and ý) and there were various changes to the consonant system. There have also been changes in inflections from the ancient language.

After the uptake of Christianity in the 11th century, the Icelandic vocabulary increased significantly. New words were needed for religious concepts, some of which were taken from Greek or Latin, others from Germanic languages, though most were probably taken as loan words from other Scandinavian languages. For example one could mention kirkja, biskup, prestur, altari, engill, klaustur. The word synd is considered to be a loan word from old Saxon and guðspjall from ancient times.

English influence on Icelandic began significantly during the occupation in the 2nd World War when many Icelanders had daily communications with British and then later, American soldiers. One more factor in the development of Icelandic vocabulary needs to be mentioned and that is the practice of coining words: using the words þyrla, þota, gámur, sími, sjónvarp, tölva for the words helicopter, jet, container, telephone, television, computer.

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There is unfortunatelly no influence by Czech language recorded beside the term robot

To improve mutual understanding of artists and curators involved in the ongoing Solitude project, here see as well translation of the Czech anthem into Norwegian (made by Google translate algorithm)

Hvor er mitt hjem,
der er mitt hjem?
Vann brøler over engene,
Pinewoods rasle blant knauser,
i frukthagen med våren blomstre,
paradis på jorden for å vise!
Og det er et vakkert land,
Den tsjekkiske land, mitt hjem,
Den tsjekkiske land, mitt hjem.

Into Icelandic

Hvar á ég heima,
þar á ég heima?
Vatn öskrar yfir engi,
Pinewoods rustle meðal brekkunum
í Orchard með vor blóma,
Paradise á jörðinni til að skoða!
Og það er fallegt land,
tékk land, heimili mitt,
Tekk land, heimili mitt.

and

The Icelandic anthem in icelandic

Ó, guð vors lands! Ó, lands vors guð!
Vér lofum þitt heilaga, heilaga nafn!
Úr sólkerfum himnanna hnýta þér krans
þínir herskarar, tímanna safn.
Fyrir þér er einn dagur sem þúsund ár,
og þúsund ár dagur, ei meir;
eitt eilífðar smáblóm með titrandi tár,
sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.
Íslands þúsund ár,
Íslands þúsund ár!
eitt eilífðar smáblóm með titrandi tár,
sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.

how it sounds in Czech

Bože naší země! Naše země je boží!
Vzdáváme ti díky, tvoje svaté, svaté jméno!
Solární nebe nad tebou plete svůj věnec
a vaši hostitelé sbírají čas.
Pro vás jeden den, tisíc let,
tisíc let a víc; Jeden malý květ věčnosti s chvějící se slzou,
Musíme uctívat Boha a umírat.
Islandu tisíc let,
Islandu tisíc let!
Jeden malý kvítek věčnosti s chvějící se slzou,
Musíme uctívat Boha a umřít.

Into Norwegian

O Gud av vårt land! Vårt land er Gud!
Vi takker din hellig, hellige navn!
Fra solar himmelen strikke deg en krans
Vertskapet, tid samlingen.
For deg en dag som tusen år,
tusen år og ikke mer;
En liten blomst av evigheten med en dirrende tåre,
Vi tilber Gud og dør.
Islands tusen år,
Islands tusen år!
En liten blomst av evigheten med en dirrende tåre,
Vi tilber Gud og dør.

Links

archive.phonetics.ucla.edu

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